Attention 2019 Forum Knife : Poll - Smooth Wood

I only have one other GEC and it’s ebony, so I’m hoping something lighter wins (not likely). Voted for Osage.

 

i love the strong contrasting grain of desert ironwood, bocote, kingwood (is this called zebrawood?), cocobolo and similar.

it seems the big decision is between single color or multi- color wood, more than a specific wood........

 

Trust me, my vote for ebony will certainly be moved to african blackwood if necessary. And I will vote for blackwood regardless IF it is certain there is a greater chance it will be BLACK.

 

The bloodwood would look mighty handsome with that big ol banner shield. Or bowtie.

 

Black wood doesn't look good with brass pins and liners IMO. I voted for bloodwood.

 

Lots of choices! I am good with any of these

Thanks!

 

So far my vote is for Ebony, but seeing the Osage on the left, combined with it having that kind of character, along with the possibility of it darkening over time, makes this, in my mind, a strong contender. It’s beautiful.

 

Blood wood is very red in my opinion. Voted jobillo for now.

 

I voted for Buck in the first poll. When GEC won, I thought I wouldn't be buying the forum knife. However, since then, the polls have gone the way I wanted, so if it keeps up, I will buy one. I do have a question. If you voted for wood, then voted for a solid black wood, why? To me, the reason you want wood is for the figure and so each person gets a unique knife. I've only owned 2 GEC knives and one was a #15 in solid black ebony. To be honest, it was pretty boring and GEC seems to make a lot of ebony handled knives, so it's certainly not unique.

 

A vote for smooth wood was a vote for black wood, everyone thinking they were getting something more exotic with the smooth wood vote was fooling themselves.

BUT- Blackwood would look really nice on this knife. Maybe Bloodwood.

 

CD I have a long relationship with Bois d'arc and have seen a host of knife handles and pistol grips made of this tree. While the occasional piece can be extra nice, the vast majority tends to be very plain straight grain an somewhat underwhelming.

 

A couple of you have mentioned that the brass pins will be an odd mix with black wood (which I agree with),but I can’t find where the pins are set as brass??

 

Mike mentioned it in the main thread.

 

I don’t know about that. I like the subtle accent they provide.

 

Votes in!

 

Yes, Bloodwood does darken overtime. Only slightly if not used, more so when used from oil and dirt working into the wood. I’ll post pictures when I get home.
Plus Bloodwood and Brass look great together!

 

That's what I'm thinking....

 

I vote bloodwood

 

Ironwood example.

 

This looks to be shaping up as blackwood/ebony vs the figured woods. My money is on one of the figured woods, but which one will end up with the majority?